This is where pictures can skew an opinion as opposed to seeing it in real life. Plus, this is also goes to show the slight cross-over features that some fish exhibit. For instance, Tom's Tangs has a Blue Sibwesa which exhibits the same fin markings as well as the yellow highlights seen here:
http://www.tomstanganyikans.com/photofish.asp?id=127
I told you about Sibwesa what i think.
Regarding the red, in your previous pictures, I didn't notice that much red in your fish, as they appear mostly blue, and in the newer shots from Jan 23, you show a more intense blue that I hadn't seen previously.
My first 3 pictures are taken without flash.The other 3pics that follows are with flash.I haven't seen cyathos having red without a source of lighting hitting on them.Even the pic I post above as karilani.
So, let me ask you, what kind of lighting are you using? For the pictures, are you using ambient light, or are you supplementing with a flash? Is your tank in an area or room that may have reds and oranges? I only ask these to see if the fish is reflecting anything, whether it is a specific wavelength of light, or even from something near by the tank... As we know, these fish are highly reflective, and again, depending on the angle seen or shot with a camera can very well skew the colors slightly - plus everyone's monitors are different, video cards, ambient light, own eyes, even the sensors in the camera, etc. etc. can certainly make for slight variations of color.
I use led for lighting my tank. smd type. Two led strip like this http://www.v-tac.eu/index.php?page=shop ... 71&lang=en
To tell the truth i believe that the light i use don't show fish's best color.
Thats the only source of lighting while pics where taken plus the camera's flash some times.
Which picture that you have seen or taken represents your fish the best?
Pics that Thausan show at his topic.
If I didn't know the fish and saw it with fresh eyes, I would have thought that the first three pictures from Jan 23 are a different fish than the bottom three.
For example, I color corrected a couple of your shots as they were showing off quite a bit of Magenta, and as a result your pictures are going to be slightly reddish. Once corrected, the very slight tints of reds on the fish shifted green - making the fish blue at the top and skewing green toward the bottom.
Check this also. Pics are taken with a cellphone.First with flash second no flash...
As you see the first has no red instead from the second that has some.
Also check the scales of my fish near his belly and check the scales from the pic with the magara you post.
Here's a picture of a Magara I found that looks very similar to yours:
Getting fun yet??
To be honest not yet
